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William Bryan: I appreciate the Senator may not have that. But the point that I think needs to be made--if the testing schedule at the…

On the recordApril 10, 1997
I appreciate the Senator may not have that. But the point that I think needs to be made--if the testing schedule at the Nevada test site should continue at its historical rate, it would take between 10,000 and 100,000 years of that testing schedule to equal the radioactive comparability of the nuclear waste that is being stored in the Nevada test site. I just wanted to make that point.
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William Bryan
Florida

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Discussing the implications of nuclear waste storage at the Nevada test site.

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